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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 16, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~_ <br />SUBJECT: Acceptance of Smart Start Grant for County Library <br />DEPARTMENT: Library <br />PUBLIC HEARING.: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Grant Award Letter and Reply Brenda W. Stephens, ext 2528 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />. Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approving a $10,226 Smart Start Grant for the Traveling Treasures from Orange <br />County Partnership for Young Children <br />BACKGROUND: On June 25, 1999 the Orange County Public Library submitted a grant proposal to the <br />.Orange County Partnership for Young Children for the purpose of developing and improving reading <br />skills for Latino preschoolers and their families through the circulation of bilingual Treasure Boxes, <br />Teacher Resource Collections, and Storytime Services to Day Care Centers. Traveling Treasures will <br />provide bilingual library materials and services to Latino preschoolers who are unable to benefit from <br />regular library services. These preschoolers are underserved primarily due to cultural, socioeconomic or <br />educational disadvantages.. By partnering with the Orange County Schools Director of Secondary <br />Education, Migrant Recruiter and local Latino community leaders, materials will be circulated to Latino <br />preschoolers living in northern Orange County. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT:. This grant will increase the library budget by $10,226. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board accept the Orange County <br />Partnership for Young Children Grant of $10,226. <br />